American Crossroads Brought in $37 Million in Last-Chance Cash

Sheldon Adelson wanted to win this election, which meant he wanted Mitt Romney and other Republicans to prevail. And as a billionaire business mogul, he was in a position to try to influence the outcome. He dished out millions of dollars to conservative groups up until the very end, and it seemed like he would stop at nothing to get his way.

In a last-ditch move, Adelson and his wife, Miriam, added another group to their list of beneficiaries and recently became first-time donors to Karl Rove’s conservative super PAC American Crossroads.

The FEC‘s post-election reporting deadline was Thursday, and American Crossroads filed a report covering receipts and expenditures between Oct. 18 and Nov. 26. Almost all the donations came in by Nov. 6, Election Day.

According to the reports filed with the FEC, American Crossroads gained some new donors in addition to familiar faces, like Adelson, in the weeks leading up to the election, and several of the high rollers hail from the Lone Star State.

Although Harold Simmons was already Crossroads contributor, his Dallas-based company, Contran, made its first donation of $1 million on Oct. 31. Simmons — whose total to the super PAC surpasses $15 million — made a $3 million contribution just days before the election.

Sheldon Adelson has said at various times during the election cycle that his highest priority was Israel (he’s also a prominent donor to the Republican Jewish Coalition), defeating labor unions (his is the only major casino is Vegas that is nonunion), and killing a federal money laundering investigation that involves his Las Vegas Sands casino.

Things didn’t go his way on Nov. 6. But he told the Wall Street Journal that he planned to double down on the next election.

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